Big photo gallery of a novelty collector from Japan

Kirk Demarais of the fantastic Secret Fun Blog came across a website of a Japanese collector who has an incredible collection of 1960s and 1970s novelties.

The collector's site is difficult to navigate, especially if you don't understand Japanese. For your convenience, Kirk has created a user's guide to the site.

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One of the items has been updated a bit to conform to modern sensibilities.
- Gulliver
  
  I just had this flash of a future archeologist brushing off an unearthed “HG” toy, and I begin to wonder how many cave paintings we’ve badly misinterpreted.
  - Antinous / Moderator
    
    The caves at Lascaux echo to the sound of Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!
http://www.facebook.com/RedBoots Juta Stokes

*swoon* I love Japanese toys and now must find myself a Glook. The search begins…
sockdoll

I grew up in the 1960s and ’70s, and we had Glooks – but did not know them by that name. I haven’t seen or thought about them in many, many years, and can’t recall what the heck we did call them.
- scruss
  
  You probably had a Gonk, or if you’re Canadian, an Ookpik.
  
  We had Glooks in mid-1970s Scotland. Always a bit behind the curve.